Chessington South railway station
Chessington South | |
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Location of Chessington South in Greater London
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Location | Chessington |
Local authority | Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames |
Managed by | South West Trains |
Station code | CSS |
DfT category | E |
Number of platforms | 2 (1 in use) |
Fare zone | 6 |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2008–09 | 0.526 million[1] |
2009–10 | 0.505 million[1] |
2010–11 | 0.503 million[1] |
2011–12 | 0.518 million[1] |
2012–13 | 0.493 million[1] |
Key dates | |
1939 | Opened |
Other information | |
Lists of stations | |
External links | |
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Chessington South railway station is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, England, the terminus of the Chessington branch. It is served by South West Trains, and is 13.91 mi (22.39 km) from London Waterloo, in Travelcard Zone 6. It is the station for visitors to Chessington World of Adventures.
History
The station was built in 1939 as a through station on the line being built to Leatherhead. Construction of the line stopped, never to be resumed, on the outbreak of World War II and the up platform was never used for passenger trains. There was a goods yard beyond the passenger station. After the continuation to Leatherhead was abandoned, part was used from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1980s for a coal concentration depot. Today the line south of the station and the sidings to the coal depot are buried under trees.
The ticket office is at rail level. There is one automated ticket machine at surface level, and a permit to travel machine adjacent to the ticket office.
Services
South West Trains operates all services. The service interval is 30 minutes during both peak and off-peak hours. All trains run to or from London Waterloo, calling at all intermediate stations (except Queenstown Road which has platforms on only the Windsor Line).[2] The journey to Waterloo takes 37 minutes.
In common with the 16 hourly off-peak closer commuter services to/from London Waterloo calling at Earlsfield railway station and all intermittent London stations all managed by South West Trains,[3] trains must stop at every intermittent station. There are no fast services available to mid distance destinations, which gives overcapacity towards the suburban terminus (Chessington) due to the longer journey time and overcrowding during the inner city phase of journeys.[4] This situation can be contrasted to some other routes to destinations just outside Greater London where there are fewer stops at stations nearer to central London.[5]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Chessington North | South West Trains Chessington Branch Line |
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Preceding station | Crossrail | Following station | ||
Terminus | Crossrail Line 2 |
Connections
London Buses routes 65, 71 and 467 serve the station.
Gallery
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chessington South railway station. |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ↑ Chessington Branch Line timetable South West Trains Retrieved 2009-06-13
- ↑ Namely:
- 4tph to Guildford (2 via Cobham and 2 via Epsom) (ie excluding the fastest Portsmouth service)
- 2tph to Chessington South
- 2tph to Dorking
- 2tph to Hampton Court
- 2tph to Shepperton
- 2tph to Woking
- 2tph to Waterloo on thh Kingston Loop
- ↑ "10-car SWT hangs in balance". Modern Railways (London): p. 52. December 2010.
- ↑ e.g. New Southern Railway's Tonbridge, Reigate and East Grinstead services which until leaving London only call at Clapham Junction and at East Croydon.
External links
- Train times and station information for Chessington South railway station from National Rail
- Use dmy dates from August 2012
- Use British English from August 2012
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 6
- London stations without latest usage statistics 1314
- London stations without latest usage statistics 1415
- DfT Category E stations
- Commons category link is defined as the pagename
- Railway stations in Kingston upon Thames
- Former Southern Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1939
- Railway stations served by South West Trains